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Duke Advances to the Elite 8
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Duke Advances to the Elite 8
Hey, you guys received crazy amounts of attention just for being Duke. How does he feel to put on her Blue Devil Nation and prove you guys are? Uh it's big time. Um The shout out to all the crazy shout out to all the fans, shout out to Duke fans that came out to, to Dallas to support. Uh We got one more uh before Phoenix. So we get this one on Sunday, the Brotherhood. And um I got, I gotta keep saying that, I think this is the most, that's the tightest that we've ever been. Um We just been through so much, we just been through so much this whole season. I mean, whether it's the two losses at Georgia Tech Arizona, whether it's the UN C loss or the UN C loss at home and then the AC C tournament loss. I mean, we've been too, too much to, to not come together for this moment. I mean, I think the biggest thing for us is just gratitude, being grateful for this opportunity because a lot of people will kill to be in this opportunity that we're at right now. So, um I think that's the biggest thing for sure. Um I'm just really not taking this opportunity for granted, just help me. Uh they give me life, I mean, these young guys are always giving me life. You, like I said in the summer, um they came in work with a worker's mentality. I mean, they gave me, they gave me a lot of, a lot of life, a lot of confidence. So, um I just got to be that og um, in the, in the locker room just making sure everybody's straight. And, uh, I think I've been doing a, a pretty good job. My family, I can't, I can't thank them enough. I don't think they realize how much I appreciate all their love and support that they gave me there. They would be every, every game, uh, whether it's home or away, maybe some games, some, some away games they didn't come to, but I mean, most of the time they're always supporting, always cheering, even when I turn the ball over late, I hear, I hear him in my back, in, in, in my, in my ear. Yeah, in the back of my ear, I can hear them screaming like, yo you're good, you're good. Keep going, keep being aggressive. So, like, I mean, that means the world to me that, that, that they have my back and, um, just gotta play for them. Definitely one of the worst. Um, I mean, I knew the, the slow, I mean, the slow start is unacceptable. But I mean, I kind of like I said, I, I thought back to my sophomore year when we got down 10 to 10 to 0 against Texas Tech. Everybody thought it was the end of the world, but we came back, fought back and took the lead at half and then didn't look back. I mean, stay, stay, stay locked in. I mean, I had to, I, I had early turnovers on the first possession. Um I mean, he was getting a little rattled so I kinda just wanna simmer him down. Uh I mean, that's my guy. I gotta, that's my rook right there. I gotta make sure he's straight on these big time moments and um I think I do that tonight. No more tweeted March Jerry Room. How does that feel to have former teammates kind of talk about you like that and what happened to Marches where you turn it on, man? Uh That's my brother right there. Um played with him for three years, uh roommates at USA, I mean, like I, that guy shows me hell of love. So I mean, uh just for him to be supporting, I mean, all my guys Mark Polo um texting those guys right now. I mean, tho those guys are always showing love. I mean, it's, it's huge. I mean, it's huge for our team and this is the support runs deep. But what happens in, I, I don't know, I think it's just a sense of urgency. I mean, but my mom always tells me big time players, make big time plays a big time game. So, I mean, this is big, this big time moment. I'm a big time. I feel like I'm a big time player and just gotta go out there and make plays to the out of the. Uh not too, we can't be too worried about getting, get back. I mean, you, our focus about being us, uh, watch the game, watch the film what we did wrong in, uh, in the AC C tournament and kind of learn from it correctly. Uh, NC State is a hell of a team. They're on an eight game win streak right now. Just be Marquette. Uh, they got a, they got a big who's un unstoppable in the post. I mean, they got guards who can guard and score, uh, at any time. So we just gotta be locked in.